This may have been addressed before but I thought I'd mention it because it concerns messages spoofing RW addresses. Today's spammers seem to be focused on sending out messages to the Lists pretending to be from Rootsweb. I received a few of these this morning from this address: <ncgranvi-l@rootsweb.com> Luckily, it was caught by Mailman because it wasn't subscribed; the message contained nothing but a suspicious link, too. This was obviously an attempt to use the subscribe address to send a message to the list, but they are getting a bit more sophisticated with their addresses, though. I would advise that others be on the lookout for messages addressed similarly to their lists just in case someone taking just a casual look at the address mistakenly accepts it without realizing what it really is. Deloris Williams
I received 8 messages yesterday to my personal email address, 2 each for 4 of my Rootsweb lists, requesting I verify my identity by clicking on a link. The message said the mailing list would be deactivated if I did not follow through. Upon investigation, I determined they came from an AOL address. I reported each of these as SPAM to abuse@aol.net with a cc to spam@uce.gov because they were attempts at phishing. Mary Ann Lubinsky ________________________________ From: Deloris Williams <del_williams@comcast.net> To: listowners@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 2:06 PM Subject: [LO] Messages spoofing Rootsweb This may have been addressed before but I thought I'd mention it because it concerns messages spoofing RW addresses. Today's spammers seem to be focused on sending out messages to the Lists pretending to be from Rootsweb. I received a few of these this morning from this address: <ncgranvi-l@rootsweb.com> Luckily, it was caught by Mailman because it wasn't subscribed; the message contained nothing but a suspicious link, too. This was obviously an attempt to use the subscribe address to send a message to the list, but they are getting a bit more sophisticated with their addresses, though. I would advise that others be on the lookout for messages addressed similarly to their lists just in case someone taking just a casual look at the address mistakenly accepts it without realizing what it really is. Deloris Williams